Corset.



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CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2a. 1908.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed. November 28, 1908. Serial No. 464,861.

and hip portion, and such bones or steel springs are very liable tobreak. These bones or steel springs are usually the full depth of thecorset and being vertically disposed, and isolated, are as stated veryliable to break and are not efficient as a support nor so strong a sidestifiening means as is desirable. I propose to use crossed or diagonallyarranged bones or steel springs, and

, to group two or more with the object of getting a better disposition,and also the im proved stiffening effect due to the grouping of two ormore.

The attached drawing shows the application of crossed or diagonallydisposed bones or steel springs at the sides of a corset according to myinvention and also illustrates the various details and obviousmodifications.

Figure 1 shows a diagrammatic side elevation of a form of corset withbones or steel springs at the sides diagonally disposed or crossed. Fig.2 is a section on the line 11, and, Fig. 3 a broken section on the line22. Fig. tindicates an ordinary clothed flexible bone or steel spring,both in the strip and coiled wire form. Fig. 5 is a detail broken awayinside view, showing the crossing point of the bones or steel springs.Fig. 6 shows a modified way of holding the diagonal or crossed bones orsteel springs. Fig. 7 is a face view and indicates a modification usingonly two bones or steel springs, either in a corset or attachment, tomake an X shaped support. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 33. Fig. 9indicates the diagonal side stiffening bone or steel spring, as made inone piece.

By bones I mean whale-bone, steel strips, coiled wire, cane, or anyother material ordinarily used as a bone or stiffener in a corset.

In carrying my invention into effect, and

as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and 5, I take two bones a (Land these I layone across the other at the sides so that the same are diagonallydisposed or arranged to cross, thereby producing an X shaped support,and I use a third bone a which is vertically disposed. The bones may beof any flexible material as above related) and the same are preferablyfirst covered, as is usual, with paper or other material I), as Iindicate at Fig. t. I sew' to "the fabric of the corset, suitablepockets'c c to receive the bones a, a, and

at or 'aboutthe' point of intersection wher these bones cross 31 do notsew the lining f to the fabr c body 0 and thus the pockets are stoppedoff and do not occur over the dis-.

tance between 'f f on the inside of the corset (see Fig. 5}and so'thebones on a can freely cross between the body fabric 6 and the lining'The third bone a is inserted into and lies in a pocket 0, and in aplane immediately in front of the crossed bones a, a, and the pocket 0for this bone consists of fabric, back and front and the bone is notexposed ifthe lining f be torn away. It is to l e understood that thelining f quite hides all three bones at the interior sides of thecorset. The three bones, thus disposed, and inclosed in pockets Iintroduce at each side of the corset as will be understood andpartieularly from Fig. 2.

Instead of following the above described practice the three bonesgrouped as described, may be inclosed in fabric covers and.

sewn to the corset sides; or the bones so grouped may be sewn to thecorset and then masked by stitching on fabric, and Fig. 1. will serveequally well as an illustration of this system.

According to a further modification I may, as indicated in Fig. 6,fashion the corset sides with pockets 9 g and g top and bottom, byapplying suitable strips or pieces of fabric, and, by lines of stitching9 produce the desired pockets, and in that case the flexible bones a aand a would be introduced into position from the outside by insertingone end of the bone and then bending the same to get the other end intothe opposite pocket. It is to be understoodthat the bones would bedisposed in the new manner set forth and as shown in Fig. 6. This planallows a user to make from time to time any renewals, that is, toreplace a broken bone The pockets g g and g l may be made shallower(that is not so deep) and in such case a central web 9 would be stitchedor secured about the point of inter-section of the crossed bones, as isindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6. In some cases I may use only thetwo bones a a disposed in X form in the side of the corset, as 1 show atFig. 7 or I may make separate side strengthening pieces by so disposingor crossing bones and mounting same in pockets in a piece of fabric 6adapted to be sewn or attached to the side of a corset, and, in thatevent, the side stiffener might be applied so that the upright bone inthe corset would cooperate with the bones a a and so become theequivalent of the third bone a thus giving a side support exactlysimilar to the preferred form as explained with reference to Figs. 1 and6.

According to my system the three bones make a very strong and flexiblecrossed support, and, while each bone is a separate unit, still they allcombine when the corset is worn and the strain is well distributed atthe side and breakages are not likely to occur. I may find it convenientto make the bones of my new flexible side support all in one piece fromthin steel or woven wire, and

this I indicate at Fig. 9, and in that figure 1 indicate also that I mayarrange to stifi en the support so fashioned about the center partpreferably by a flat strengthening device indicated by a It will beunderstood that such complete fitting, when applied to a corset side,makes a practically similar support to what is obtained by applying thethree bones'separately.

I declare that what I claim is.

' 1. A corset having two side supports comprising sets of three bones,each set with one upright bone and two crossed diagonal bones, all saidbones crossing each other at the center and being inclosed in pocketsattached to the corset body as described.

2. A corset having side supports comprising an upright bone and twocrossed diago- I nal bones, all of said bones crossing each other at thecenter, and top and bottom pockets for said bones.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL l/VOOD.

Q1 lVitnesses NORMAN KIERNAN, ALFRED YATES.

